Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 151 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
9. 9.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
28. 28.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords

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